DENVER --
The Denver
Outlaws defeated the visiting Washington
Bayhawks, 20-16, on Saturday. The Outlaws had a rough first
half and were outscored in both quarters. They picked up the
pace in the third and never looked back, holding the Bayhawks to
only four goals in the second half.

A trio of Outlaws produced the bulk of the offense,
with Brendan
Mundorf (UMBC), Drew Westervelt (UMBC),
and Matt
Brown (Denver) all scoring hat tricks.
Fresh off the NCAA championship game, newcomers Dan
Hardy (Syracuse) and Max Seibald (Cornell)
both made a huge impact in their first professional game, combining
for five points and five ground balls.

The Bayhawks started the game with an early goal (2:07) from Billy
Glading (Virginia). Kyle Dixon (Virginia) tallied two goals
from beyond the two-point arc to give the Bayhawks a big early 6-3
lead. The scoring then went back and forth with the Bayhawks
leading at the end of the first by a tally of 7-4. Hardy scored his
first professional goal at (6:29) of the first to go along with
three assists in the contest.

In the second quarter, the scoring was once again opened up by
Washington at (1:03) from Spencer Ford (Towson). Seibald
scored his first professional goal and his first two-point goal
(2:50) in the second. Seibald also tallied four ground balls
for the Outlaws in the game.

On a down note, Kyle Harrison (Johns
Hopkins) left late in the second with a hamstring injury and did
not return.

The third started off with a Washington goal from Gladling at
(0:58). After that goal, the Outlaws came back into the game
with a purpose. They scored three unanswered goals from Mundorf,
Westervelt, and Nate
Watkins (Maryland). The home team held
Washington to only two goals in the quarter and ended with a 15-14
lead.

The fourth quarter Outlaws scoring fest started 28 seconds in with
a two-point goal from Brian
Langtry (Hofstra). They then scored
three more goals and held Washington to another two goals.
Goalie Jessie
Schwartzman (Johns Hopkins) came up big for
Denver tonight making 13 saves off of 27 shots.